| − | The Emperor was chosen through election by the so-called Prince-Electors, or ''Kurfürsten''. For the greater part of the Empire's history, there were seven Electors: The three Archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, the King of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, and the Margrave of Brandenburg. | + | The Emperor was chosen through election by the so-called Prince-Electors, ''Kurfürsten'' in German. For the greater part of the Empire's history, there were seven Electors: The three Archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, the King of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, and the Margrave of Brandenburg. |